Hands-On Skills.
Real Employment.

Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI), Ashaiman, was established in 1999 as a non-profit Christian institution, serving young people according to the precepts of the Catholic Church and the spirit of St. John Bosco. The Institute is managed by the Salesians of Don Bosco, under an agreement with the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra — a social initiative addressing unemployment and the lack of skilled manpower through market-based, hands-on technical training, sensitive to the socio-economic needs of Ghana’s less privileged youth.

For more than 27 years, the Salesians have operated in Ashaiman, running Technical and Vocational Training that began in the Salesians’ own way, before entering into partnership with the Government of Ghana — a partnership that continued until 2017. At that point, the Salesian Superiors recognised that the school’s own distinctive pedagogical approach — focused on proper hands-on training rather than theory — had been diluted by being managed more like a conventional grammar school under government administration. The Salesians made the decision to take the school back under their own direct management, restoring their founding emphasis on practical, industry-ready skill development.

Between 2017 and 2019, DBTI Ashaiman received a major project — BINA, an Arabic term meaning “To Build” — funded through BMZ (the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) via Sequa, the German government’s implementing partner. The project was fully funded from 2019 through 2022/2023, with a four-month extension into the first quarter of 2023, deepening the Institute’s hands-on training model across its trade areas.

Today, DBTI Ashaiman runs a distinctive, intensive training model: one-year courses in Electrical, Hospitality/Catering, Refrigeration/Air-Conditioning, Cosmetology, and Automobile, each structured in three focused phases — Basic, Advanced, and Internship/Employment of three months apiece. Alongside its core trades, the Institute runs a Driving School, a Solar Training extension course, and ICT short courses, serving a diverse trainee body: recent SHS/TVET graduates building a first skill, university graduates seeking a practical trade, and industry professionals upgrading their expertise. Through its participation in the VIS Ghana SEE Project, supported by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), DBTI Ashaiman now strengthens its digital future — redeveloping its institutional website, modernising its ICT laboratory, and building stronger digital communication with the community it serves.